[Ed in Maine]

I recently had to do some work on my rear end. After installing the spring spreader, I removed the spring shackles but left the spring in the car with the spring U-bolts in place on the rear spring crossmember. It made me feel a lot more comfortable looking at those heavy spring U-bolts holding everything. I will say when the time came to tap out the spring shackles, my blood pressure must have sky rocketed when making that final tap that disconnected the spring. Since the spreader had the load, the spring assembly did absolutely nothing. If you are not going to work on the spring itself, leave it in the car. Ed